What I Wore Wednesday!

Yay, it's my favorite time of the week, linking up with The Pleated Poppy to share some outfits I wore this week (and seeing what everyone else wore too).  I'm keeping it to two today, but check back in on Friday when I will post a couple of more.  It was a much better week than last and you can tell by my clothes and all the color that returned to my face.  Away we go...

It was all about layers on this day - chilly morning, warm afternoon.

Cardigan - Forever21

Top - Rodarte for Target

Tank (underneath) - Target

Pants - J.Crew

Shoes - Payless

Necklace and Earrings - made by my Mom

 Another day of layers, it was warm but I had to go to a meeting and look somewhat professional, so I busted out the black blazer.  And the white pants, heck yeah, I busted those out too!!!  Trust me when it's already been in the 90's you can wear white pants ;o)

Blazer - Gap

Top - Old Navy

Pants - Old Navy

Shoes - Cole Haan

Necklace - made by my Mom

My Five - Donna Karan Fall 2011

Hmmm, this was a different sort of collection for Donna Karan.  A bit more "buttoned up" than usual, a very nipped-in waist/pencil skirt silhouette.  I loved the muted color palette, but overall the collection was not very "Donna".  I keep wanting her to build on the genius that was her Spring 2010 collection  (which was absolutely stunning).  I'll keep waiting, but in the meantime enjoy my five favorite looks from this collection.

Images via Style.com

My Take - Malin Akerman

I l-o-v-e this outfit, it's the blue pants that make it for me. 

Break it down piece by piece and it's a simple look, nothing groundbreaking, but those just-the-right-color blue pants push it to the next level.  Here's my take, enjoy!

Tanks at Zappos
Pumps by Calvin Klein

Image via Day Old News

I Want This! - Leopard Bracelet

I hope you all have an amazing weekend, but first I wanted to share this amazingly glam leopard bracelet available at Furbish Studio.  Can you believe it's only $18?!?!  I NEED this in my life - now!

Here it is on Jamie's wrist.

Love it!

I've been itching to make a trip to Raleigh, NC so my girl can visit her cousins and so I can see one of my best friends (and maybe check out how much my University's campus has changed).  You can rest assured when I do visit I will be dropping into Furbish and making lots of purchases!

Images via Shop Furbish (top) and I Suwannee (bottom)

My Five (well six) - Chanel Fall 2011

First of all, thanks for all the well wishes about yesterday's post.  Sounds like this stomach virus is winding it's way around the Southeast, so watch out!  Here's a car update, turns out the battery was bad and since we just got a new one a few months ago I took it in and got a replacement, what a relief.  I should give a shout out to AAA who came and jumped my car in record time.

Now, back to the task at hand, my two cents about Chanel's Fall 2011 collection.  I've said it before and I'll say it again - dear Mr. Lagerfeld, please, please start editing these collections.  I take nothing away from the  beauty of the clothing and his design genius, but you could remove 1/3 of this collection and not miss a thing.  Bottom line, it gets repetitive.  I will say this is my least favorite Chanel collection I've seen in a while, but there were some looks I loved.  Here are my faves along with some detail shots (along with one look that should have been edited before it was even thought of - eek!).

 Love the mixture of the greys and the textures in this look.

 Details!

Love the tiny touches of hunter green on the sleeves.

Only include to take note of the heel height and the lack of platform.

Now, do you see what I mean about editing?  Who on Earth would wear this jumper/hazmat suit?  Why would you want pockets on your knees?  And if you were to wear this, would you be in a situation where you would roll up the pant legs and throw on some pointy toe pumps?  Come on Karl, work with us here :o)

Images via Style.com

Outfit Post (and why I've been M.I.A. since Friday)

I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy today for WIWW (what I wore Wednesday) for this outfit post, it's so much fun, check it out!  Anyway, here is my one measly, sad little outfit post - my first post since Friday.  Why only one outfit today and no posts since Friday?  Well, it's a tale of woe that started Saturday morning when the stomach bug that my girl had the weekend before (you know, the one I thought I had outsmarted by not catching) reared it's ugly head and sucker punched me.  And I mean hit me hard and fast and knocked me out for 24 hours.  It was not a pretty time my friends, not a pretty time at all.  Yesterday I ate three meals for the first time since Friday.  And I'm going to be honest, the tummy is still not quite right.  But enough of that gag-worthy talk.  Here is the outfit I threw on yesterday morning before rushing out to a Dr's appt for my girl - one that we never made it to.  Why?  I'll tell you after the photos:

Still looking a bit sickly, I'm sorry to say.

Tunic - Tory Burch

 Tank (underneath) - Target

Pants - J.Crew

Shoes (you can't see) - Payless

 Here's a better look at the print on the tunic:

We went out to my car to go to the appointment and well, the darn car wouldn't start.  It just sat there mocking me while I turned the key.  Grrr.  And I couldn't reach my husband since he was at the Master's practice rounds (no phones, etc are allowed in Augusta National because it could jeapordize national security or world peace or something like that) so we just cancelled and now have to deal with my car - fun.

One perk to being stuck at home for a day, I got to play catch up (though I still have much more catching up to do from the "lost weekend").  That is all for now, I was hoping to start up a new "uniform dressing" this week, but alas that will have to wait until next.  It will be a good one though, you will want to come back and check it out!

A Little Friday DIY and Thank You's!

Is it Friday yet?  It is?  Oh, thank goodness, because it's been one heck of a long week playing catch up and miserable chilly rain with some thunder mixed in for good measure.  I'm ready for some sun and warmer temperatures - was it really just a week ago that I was sweating it out in shorts?  Welcome to Spring in the South.  Anyway, between my kiddo's barf sessions last weekend I tackled a short and sweet DIY.  I found these two remnants at Joann recently and snapped them up.

I had seen the nailhead corkboard DIY on Bryn Alexandra's blog amost a year ago and wanted to tackle it in my own home.  Since our house is on the market, I wanted to "neutralize" the inspiration board in my office area and make it seem more like art than a jumble of images that people don't really want to see that don't know me.  Here is the before:

 And here is the after (I decided not to put the nailheads on it because I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this fabric on the board when we move).

Now for the other fabric - I have a hand-me-down white wicker chair that have some pillows that just don't work.  So I just draped (for now) the fabric over the pillows to make it look prettier and blend with the room better - no one ever sits in the chair so it will stay nice and fluffy and in place.  It made all the difference in the world.  When we move I'll actually commit to a recover of the pillows ;o)

All in all, it took me probably about 45 minutes from start to finish.  Easy peasy!

Also, I've neglected a couple of thank you's for some recent giveaways.  Back in January I won a $25 gift certificate to ShoeClips.biz from the lovely (and super chic) Jessica over at Style Obsession.  Let me tell you I had F-U-N picking out my winnings - here's what I picked:

Lovely black chiffon flower shoe clips and some sparkly gold shoe clips.  I love them so much!  Shipping was fast and ordering was so easy.  Thank you Jessica!

Earlier this month, I won a $45 CSN gift certificate from the stylish Shea over at Bon Chic Bon Gastronomique.  I haven't spent it yet, but soon, very soon.  Thanks Shea!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!